F: Ground in wood adjacent to reservoir fence&period;O: My GPS reading for the Temple was 111m &lpar;&plus;&sol;-3m&rpar; and therefore I believe the current top is incorrect&period; Worthy of further investigation&period;

F: no feature - ground in wood by telecom mast compound fenceO: grid ref is close to a 110m contour on 25k&sol;geograph&comma; possibly higher than ground at temple&comma; no line of sight&comma; not surveyed

F: First step outside Temple&period; Readings taken at N side and S side of building&comma; so the above figure is the average ie centre of Temple&period;O: South Temple&colon; SD 83491 04561
&NewLine;North Temple&colon; SD 83497 04573

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From car park WSW - £1 for an hour's parking&period; Park paths to the temple&comma; short cut through woodland to pick up another path&comma; then rough cattle pasture to comms mast compound&period; HP in woodland between compound and reservoir fencing&period; On to the trig pillar&period; Introducing Dave McGimpsey to county top and trig bagging &colon;-&rpar;

With Mart and the dogs&period; Early morning jaunt so free parking before 10am&period; Crawled under security fencing to access the temple though was surprised to see a few dog walkers around at 7amish&period;

John Eley

25/11/2018

With E&period; Pleasant morning walk from Lake car park &lpar;Sheepfoot Lane&rpar;&comma; past boating lake&comma; up to Heaton Hall and Orangery&comma; then onto The Temple&period; Although fenced off for repairs was able to get close enough for hp 10 fig grid ref to match&period; Then across to trees at back of telecomms tower and hp by reservoir fence&period; Reservoir level very low&period; Good views across to city skyline from several points in the park&period;

On way back from bagging Bleaklow Head and Higher Shelf Stones&period;

Longwojo

28/10/2018

Parked at club house at 83975 04464 &lpar;free before 10am on Sundays&rpar; and walked up to the temple&period; It has been deemed unsafe and is surrounded by temporary fencing but you can roll under it at the back side&period; Walked over to alternative top which&comma; luckily&comma; is just outside the TV mast compound on the north side&period;

clivevilla

09/09/2018

From Heaton Park Metro station with Caden and Tracey

derrymark

02/09/2018

Parking&colon; Golf club carpark SD839 044&period; When to both potential tops&period;

David Evans

04/03/2018

Nice walk to the summit beacon after a long drive north&excl; Lovely park and nice to amble around before a night out in the city centre&period; Enjoyed the views across to my old stomping ground&comma; the Peak District&excl;

Walked up from the golf car park&period; No charges at present&period; Delightful urban hill&period;

Barbara Singer

26/11/2017

From boating Lake&comma; very busy with joggers and dog walkers&period;

rhalstead

20/08/2017

Walked from Picadilly Station to make it interesting&period; &lpar;Took a 135 bus back from Bury Old Road&period;&rpar;

lenman

01/04/2017

On a visit to many county high points around Manchester and Liverpool

magirob

16/03/2017

Explored Heaton Park from the Boating Lake car park on a fine day&period; Visited the alternative high point on the wooded knoll by the communications tower&comma; and the temple&period; Rather incongruously for a neo-classical structure&comma; this contains two battered armchairs beside a fire&period; Superb views from a very pleasant spot&period;

Nick Down1

15/03/2017

with Cissy&comma; some caches&comma; play&comma; farmyard then wander to the temple

AvidSockWearer

24/02/2017

Achieved via public transport&comma; the park has its own Metrolink stop&period; Discovered that the park is really very beautiful on a clear winter's day&comma; and also that the ponies bite&period;

geeoharee

02/01/2017

Walked to the summit temple from the north gate of Heaton Park then continued south along the Manchester city boundary to the city centre&period;

lecube

20/09/2016

Unticked summit as Visited the Temple high point only with my daughter Katherine from Manchester&period; We Took the 135 bus from Picadilly Gardens and randomly came across this area&period; Great views over the city to the moors beyond&period; Will have to return to tick true summit&period;

Dazingdale

29/08/2016

Nice evening walk in Heaton Park with Justine and Michael our son who is at uni in Manchester&period; Lovely views from the summit&period; Temple building on the top built 1800 for the first earl&period; Our first logged assent since registering&period;

One man Bucket

14/05/2016

2&sol;6 First of another great day in peak district &lpar;Newcombe drive&sol;Heaton park&sol;Blackstone Edge&sol;Wimberry Moss&sol;Hoarstone Edge&sol;Dead end Edge&rpar;

Fergalh

20/03/2016

Parked on Heywood Road - bridleway alongside the reservoir bagging the trig on the way then into Heaton Park through the unassuming Gate 1 to be greeted by the Highland Cows - our goal now visible topped by its 1800 Classical Temple - Clear Blue with snow covered hills to the north and east&period; After a quick look at Heaton Hall &lpar;currently being renovated after fire damage in 1983&rpar;we retreat the way we came&period;

briandavies

06/03/2016

Wandered around the park in the morning&semi; saw Tottenham win at Man City in the afternoon - a cracking day out&excl;

Plenty of high points to choose from &lpar;the folly is a particularly nice one&rpar; and got to them all&period; A very pleasant summit all in all&comma; unlike the next one I did&period;

DanHolme

26/08/2015

A jog through a lovely park &lpar;£10 million lottery money has been spent on the upkeep&rpar; Full of interest with grand buildings&comma;gardens&comma; stables&comma; folly on summit&comma; a bee hive collection&period; Views of the Pennines and the modern high rise towers of Manchester&period; Many families and children enjoying the summer holiday&comma; on the playground &comma; playing football&comma; riding bikes&comma; eating ice cream&period; In 1982 Pope John Paul II held a service here for &commat;250&comma;000 people&period; I also took in the highpoint by the Heaton Park BT Tower &lpar;one of the UK' few 'Chilterns' type concrete towers&rpar;

Chris Pearson

05/08/2015

From the car park at the golf club&period; A short walk to the temple&period; Walked to the other alleged high point near to the mast&period; Solo&period;

Walked from the tram stop&comma; sheltered at the Temple while a sleet shower passed&period; Great views towards the Pennines&period;

Jake994

12/12/2014

Very pleasant walk for an afternoon out in the city&period; You can download a free map&comma; which takes you on a 4 mile walk that takes in parts of the park where there are cows grazing & no other walkers&period; Well worth it when you haven't got time to get out to a bigger hill&period;

Easy parking within the grounds of the hall&period; &period; &period; Free on midweek days in winter&period; Short stroll to the top&period; Indeed just follow the fingerposts to the temple

moorsman

14/10/2013

In MCR for MBV gig&comma; sunny but very very cold&period; Walked from tram station to the temple&period; Kinder Scout resplendent in snow to the east&period; Nice spot for an urban top&comma; with handy toposcope&period;

thesweetcheat

10/03/2013

Temple

PeteF

16/02/2013

Visited on run from Heaton Park tram stop back into city centre via some trigs&period;

stever

08/05/2012

Very pleasant walk up from the car park&period; Good views all around of all of those fells I have slogged up&period;